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REPORT ON IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

A Bimonthly Publication of the Foundation for Middle East Peace Volume 12 Number 6 November-December 2002

QUARTET’S “ROADMAP” IRRELEVANT TO DRAMATIC CHANGES ON THE GROUND Diplomatic paralysis and dynamic, the al-Aqsa intifada. Significantly, only no doubt about the refusal of the dramatic changes favoring settlers in the the Oslo accords are conspicuous by Sharon government and, just as impor- division of land in the occupied territo- their absence in the diplomatic antece- tant, ’s security establishment, to ries dominate the Israel/Palestine land- dents cited by the Quartet. embrace the security equation at the scape today. Nevertheless, the roadmap’s intent is heart of the Quartet’s ideas. Israel under The Quartet’s “roadmap,” which aims to renew the security bargain made Sharon is settling in for an extended at filling the diplomatic vacuum created between Israel and the Palestine Libera- period of direct exercise of security by the failure of the Oslo process and tion Organization in September 1993, responsibilities everywhere in the the Sharon government’s rejection of offering Israel once again the promise of occupied territories, a dramatic trans- the Palestinian Authority as “an entity a Palestinian commitment to defeat the formation from the last decade, and that supports terror” has only confirmed militant Palestinian opponents of the one that the Bush administration, the the assessment of diplomatic paralysis. status quo while holding out the attain- roadmap notwithstanding, hesitates The roadmap is based upon assump- ment of a sovereignty over perhaps half to confront. tions rejected by Israeli Prime Minister of the (excluding East Jeru- The explosion of new settlements, and offers phased “per- salem) and all of Gaza as an interim despite their innocuous description as formance-based” promises unlikely to be measure. “outposts,” attests to a program of considered sufficient by . The Quartet misses an opportunity claiming ever more contested space An Israeli government led by Ariel to address the territorial contest at the along the West Bank’s central north- Sharon is not interested in a diplomatic core of the dispute. The scores of new south axis vital for the creation of a sov- solution. One led by Amram Mitzna, “outpost” settlements established before ereign Palestinian state. The cascading Sharon’s challenger in upcoming elec- Sharon’s tenure, not to mention the effect of this policy is seen most vividly tions, is championing ideas and a vision almost 200 settlements where 400,000 in the hamlet of Yanun (see page 3), of Palestinian statehood far bolder reside, are implicitly blessed by where Palestinian life has been made all than contemplated by the roadmap’s the roadmap even as the Quartet reiter- but untenable by the combination of architects. ates the necessity to completely freeze expanding settlement and settler harass- The ideas outlined in the document settlement expansion at some point in ment under the complicit gaze of the draw inspiration from the Madrid con- the process. A freeze is a poor and IDF. The abandonment of Yanun by its ference and the stillborn Mitchell and unworkable substitute for settlement residents may well prove temporary, Tenet programs spawned in the wake of evacuation, which is the key require- but, as with the seemingly permanent ment of any workable solution. restrictions imposed on the tens of These ideas would have had far more thousands of residents from Hebron to Visit our website, www.fmep.org, for relevance in the months before the , and the equally dramatic if less back issues of the Settlement Report, maps, and current analyses and 2000–2001 Camp David–Taba talks reported changes in Gaza’s topography, commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian failed to reach an agreement that would it serves as an unmistakable wake up call conflict. “end the conflict,” an aspiration absent to those complacent about the impact of from the Quartet’s agenda. The time- settlement expansion on the destiny of The first in a series of Arabic and table outlined in the roadmap has the two peoples. Hebrew translations of the Settlement already fallen victim to Israel’s upcom- Report can be viewed at www.fmep.org. ing election. More significantly, there is TO OUR READERS FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE The withdrawal of the Labor Party from are pressing—so far without success—the Ariel Sharon’s coalition and Labor’s choice die-hard Islamists to cease terror attacks. Merle Thorpe, Jr. of a dovish former general, Amram Mitzna, Arafat’s shattered Palestinian Authority Founder to lead the party in early elections sched- long ago lost the control and capability to (1917–1994) uled for January 28, 2003, create a welcome force this, and the IDF continues its prospect of return to opposition politics in provocative operations. Mitzna will there- Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. Israel and a revival of the peace camp. fore not have the benefit of calm as the President The polls predict that Sharon—assum- elections approach. Nor, it seems, can he Geoffrey Aronson ing he defeats ’s bid expect much help from Washington. The Director, Research and Publica- for leadership of the —would defeat Bush Administration is still pushing the tions, Editor, Report on Israeli Mitzna and Labor in the January elections. Quartet’s “road map,” which, in deference Settlements in the Occupied Territories But Israeli voters are volatile, and Mitzna to Sharon, conditions negotiations and a will at least galvanize politics by calling for settlement freeze on a cease fire and Mallika Good a resumption of peace talks from the point Palestinian reform, whereas Mitzna advo- Editorial Assistant of collapse in January 2001 before Sharon cates an unconditional return to negotia- Holly Byker was elected. After two years of unrelieved tions. Unless U.S. policy shifts, it will, iron- Derek Wentling violence, notwithstanding Sharon’s promis- ically, be closer to Sharon’s than to the Interns es of security, Israeli voters will have an views of Mitzna and the Israeli peace camp opportunity to reject his agenda of military as Israelis face a fateful election. ADVISERS reoccupation, more settlements, and defeat Lucius D. Battle of a viable Palestinian state. Landrum R. Bolling Palestinian moderates, recognizing the Peter Gubser need to restore Israeli confidence in peace, Jean C. Newsom Gail Pressberg —————— —————— Nicholas A. Veliotes

TRUSTEES Peter M. Castleman Chairman Lucius D. Battle Calvin H. Cobb, Jr. James J. Cromwell Stephen Hartwell Richard S.T. Marsh Richard W. Murphy William B. Quandt Sally S. Thorpe

The Foundation, a non- profit I.R.C. 501(c)(3) organization, supports peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians through mutual recognition and a negotiated division of historic Pales- tine. It publishes the bi- monthly Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Source: Ha’aretz, October 24, 2002 Territories. Copyright © 2002

2 ❖ Report on Israeli Settlement November-December 2002 November-December 2002 Report on Israeli Settlement ❖ 3 SETTLEMENT OUTPOSTS

Date Inside (I)/Outside (O) Existence Settlement Plan’g Outpost Nearest Settlement Reported Settler Population Boundary Remarks

1 Givat Hachish Alon Shvot 10/98 NA O 2 Ein Perat Anatot NA 1 family O 3 Hahar Avne Hefetz 10/98 4–5 families O Approved by Barak 4 Sene Ya’acov Baracha 4/99 5 families plus singles O 5 Baracha A Baracha 10/98 4–5 families O 6 British Police Station Junction Benjamin Regional Council 6/02 Undetermined O 7 Megron Benjamin Regional Council 5/02 12 families O 8 Bet Ayn B (west) Bet Ayn 2/99 10 families O? Approved by Barak 9 Bet Ayn East Bet Ayn 9/02 Undetermined NA 10 Barot Yitzhak HaYashana Bet Ayn 3/01 1 family O 11 NG 652 Bet Ayn 2/02 0 O 12 Hill 857 Bet El 10/01 NA O 13 Bet El East Bet El 1/02 NA O 14 Mitzpe Assaf Bet El 2/02 7 families O 15 Bet Hagai West Bet Hagai 7/02 0 NA 16 Rehavam Hill Bet Hagai 10/01 0 I 17 Bracha South Bracha 8/02 0 NA 18 Hill 778 Bracha 8/02 0 NA 19 NA Bruchin 1999 12 families O 20 Dagan Hill Efrat 2000 9 families I 21 Tamar Hill Efrat 11/01 4–5 families I 22 Northeast Einav 5/01 0 I Currently used by IDF 23 Einav Southwest Einav 2/02 0 O 24 Einav East Einav 2/02 0 I 25 Derek Ha Avote Elazar 3/01 5 families O 26 Hakaron Eli 8/02 Undetermined NA 27 Shemot Hayovel Eli 4/98 NA I 28 Nof Harim Eli 12/96 NA I 25 caravans, 23 bldgs. 29 Plagai Mayim Eli 2/99 NA O 30 Eli South Eli 6/02 0 O 31 Macan Dan Elkana 5/99 11 families I 32 South Elon Moreh 8/02 0 NA 33 Point 792 Elon Moreh 1/99 2 families O 34 Zofit Farm 5/99 NA I 35 Neve Ya’ir Halamish 5/01 NA O Currently used by IDF 36 The Point 1996 Undetermined I Approved by Barak 37 Hill 851 Itamar 10/98 30 I Frozen by Barak 38 Hill 782 Itamar 5/99 4 families I Temp. frozen by Barak 39 Hill 836 Itamar 11/98 6 families I 40 Givat Olam Itamar 11/98 NA I Frozen by Barak 41 Itamar 3/99 3–4 families O 42 Itamar North Itamar North 8/02 Undetermined NA 43 NA Karmel 10/02 NA NA 44 Sur Shalem Karme Tsur 3/01 3–4 families O Established 2/01 45 Karme Tsur Karme Tsur 7/02 0 NA 46 Ma’ale Shomron South 2/02 10–12 singles I 47 Karnei Shomron 4/99 NA I 48 Givat Degel Karnei Shomron (Moshe Zar) 2/02 2 families I 49 Gilad Farm Karnei Shomron (Moshe Zar) 6/02 1 family O 50 Gilad Outpost Karnei Shomron (Moshe Zar) 6/02 Undetermined O 51 Har Tamar Kedumim 1996 NA I 52 Rehavam Heights (Old ) 2/02 Undetermined O 53 Kfar David Kfar Eldad NA Undetermined O 54 Tapuah Kfar Tapuah 5/01 4–5 families O

4 ❖ Report on Israeli Settlement November-December 2002 Date Inside (I)/Outside (O) Existence Settlement Plan’g Outpost Nearest Settlement Reported Settler Population Boundary Remarks

55 NT 592 Kfar Tapuah 6/02 0 O 56 Kiryat Arba South Kiryat Arba 7/02 0 Unclear 57 Mitzpe Karamim Kochav Hashahar 5/01 8 families I Evacuated by Barak 58 Mitzpe Shlomo Kochav Hashahar 5/99 Undetermined O Evacuated by Barak, reoccupied by Sharon 59 Kochav Ya’akov West Kochav Ya’akov 2/02 NA NA 60 Aybe HaNahal Ma’ale Amos 3/99 6 families O 61 Neve Erez Ma’ale Mikmash 5/99 2 families O Evacuated by Barak, reoccupied by Sharon 62 Mitzpe Danny Ma’ale Mikmash NA 4–5 families I 63 Mitzpe Hagit Ma’ale Mikmash 4/99 4–5 families I 64 Avigil Ma’on 10/01 4–5 singles O 65 Hill 833 Ma’on 3/01 Undetermined NA 66 Old Ma’on Farm Ma’on 2/02 Undetermined O 67 Salit Hill Mehola 2/02 4 families I 68 Penei Kedem (Asfar) 2000 12 families O 69 Lucifer Farm Metzadot Yehuda 1996 1 family I 70 Zvi Outpost 4/01 5 families + I 71 West Migdal Oz 2/02 0 NA 72 Nahalei Tal Nahli’el 2/02 0 O Evacuated 7/02 73 Mitzpe Lahish Neguhot 1/02 2 families O 74 North Neve Daniel 9/02 4 singles NA 75 NA 0 NA 76 Mitzpe Eshtamoa Otniel 1/02 NA O 77 Ginot Arieyh 5/01 Undetermined O 16 structures 78 Emunah Ofra 12/97 19 families I Construction underway 79 Tel Benjamin Ofra 11/01 NA O Approved 7/02 80 Givat Assaf/Givat Degel Ofra 6/02 0 I 81 Ofra South Ofra 6/02 0 O 82 Brukin 1999 12 families O 83 East Psagot 6/02 Undetermined O 84 Rachelim South Rachelim 5/01 NA I 85 Ginot Rachelim 2/01 0 O 86 Eshhael Shani 1/02 Undetermined O 87 West Shavei Shomron 10/01 0 O 88 Shilo 11/98 7–8 families I 89 Achia (Hill C) 10/98 NA O 90 Adi Ad (Hill F) Shvut Rachel 10/98 NA O 91 Holy Fire (Hill H) Shvut Rachel 10/01 Undetermined O 92 Habayit Ha'adom Shvut Rachel 7/02 Undetermined NA 93 Shvut Rachel Shvut Rachel 8/02 0 NA 94 Susia Northwest Susia 9/01 0 I 95 Ya’ir Farm Susia 1998 NA I 96 Old Susia Susia 6/02 Undetermined I 97 Susia North Susia 7/02 0 I 98 10/98 NA O 99 Talmon South Talmon 1996 NA NA 100 Hodesh Yaron Talmon 12/97 0 I 101 Zayit Ra'anan Talmon B (Neriah) 6/01 4–5 families I 102 Tekoa B+C Tekoa NA NA I 103 Tekoa D Tekoa 2/02 4 families + I 104 Mor Farm Tene (Omarim) NA 1 family I 105 Ya’ir Farm 5/01 5 families O Established 4/25/01 106 Shelhevet Outpost NA 2 families I 107 Shelhevet Yitzhar (Eastern Hill) Yitzhar 1996 4–5 families O 108 Hill 725 Yitzhar NA 2 families O

November-December 2002 Report on Israeli Settlement ❖ 5 SETTLERS FORCE DESERTION OF YANUN VILLAGE

On October 19, 2002, the last of 25 families left the West Bank 3. Killing hundreds of sheep using poisonous injections village of Yanun after four years of worsening attacks by settlers, and live bullets. who in recent years have established sites on nearby hilltops. 4. Blocking the main road to the village of Yanun. The exodus from Yanun is the first time in recent memory that 5. Spoiling the only natural source of water in the village. Palestinians abandoned an entire village because of settler harass- 6. Burning down and destroying the only source of elec- ment. In the wake of their departure, efforts began to assure the tricity, the electric generator that was donated by the villagers’ safe return from the nearby village of Aqraba, where Economic Development Group. many have established temporary residence. The following state- 7. Preventing farmers from getting to their farms and ment was issued by Yanun councilor Abdelatif Sobih. attacking them using fierce dogs and live bullets. 8. Destroying the crops by ploughing the farmed land and Yanun is located three kilometers to the north of Aqraba. burning crops that were harvested and ready to transport, as It is as ancient as the olive trees that cover the surrounding evidence of possession and control. At least three cases of hills as well as meadows. The village is divided into two parts, burning have been recorded. upper and lower Yanun. During the Ottoman period, the vil- 9. In broad daylight, stealing olive trees that belong to local lage was inhabited by aristocratic, well-known families that farmers. originally came from Bosnia. There is a holy shrine believed 10. Imposing a seige around the natural pastures and pre- to be the prophet Nun in the eastern part of the village. A venting shepherds from getting to them. visitor to the village can also see the ruins of an old Ottoman 11. Preventing the relatives of the people of Yanun from mosque. There is a natural spring upon which the farmers and visiting Yanun and shooting at the cars that go there, includ- the shepherds who live there depend. ing the car of the mayor of Aqraba. The northern part of the village (upper Yanun) is consid- 12. Cutting off the main road from Aqraba to Nablus. This ered illegal by the Israeli authorities, and people are not road, which was finished in 1935, is no longer safe to travel. allowed to build new houses there or have proper facilities. 13. Even teachers at Yanun elementary school were sub- Yanun is a typical example of how Palestinian villages have jected to questioning and provocations by settlers. been wiped out as a result of successive Israeli government expansionist policies and as a result of the aggressive acts of the settlers. The settlers of nearby Itamar who are legally cov- Settlement Outpost Facts, November 2002 ered, protected, and fully armed have been carrying out sever- Year Established Outposts al planned aggressive and terrorist activities intended to kick 1996 6 the people of Yanun out of their homes and impose their con- 1997 2 trol, not only over the lands of Yanun, but over the nearby 1998 12 farms of Aqraba. 1999 15 These activities include: 2000 2 1. Repeatedly attacking people in their homes, throwing 2001 21 stones, shooting at windows and closed doors, terrifying 2002 42 young children and women. Total 100 2. Attacking families on their farms. Here are a few exam- ples of these brutal acts: Note: Year of establishment was not available for 8 outposts. a. In one of these attacks Galib Adel, 40 years old, was beaten brutally. He lost one of his eyes and had his leg bro- Number of outposts located inside ken, in addition to suffering several bruises. Atif Tawfiq, existing settlement planning boundary: 37 Rashad Saleem, and Inbisat Ahmad were also beaten in the Number of outposts located outside attack. existing settlement planning boundary: 53 b. Moflih Adel was beaten severely and taken to the hospi- tal unconscious. Note: Information on the location of 17 outposts is not available. c. Gassan Abu Kaf, 38 years old, escaped murder and was The location of one outpost is unclear. shot in the leg. d. Ahmad Mahmoud, 80 years old, lost one of his eyes in a reports that only eight outposts established settler attack. since 1996 have been completely dismantled. Former e. Abdul Latif Yousif, the mayor of the Yanun Council, was minister of defense Benjamin Ben-Eliezer claimed that beaten severely in an attack. during February 2001-November 2002, 56 outposts were f. Hani Hamdalla, 24 years old, was shot dead, while Fadi dismantled. Fadil was injured in another attack by settlers.

6 ❖ Report on Israeli Settlement November-December 2002 RUMSFELD REDEFINES THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Residential Construction Starts in Selected Settlements, 2000 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld: What do I think the U.S. policy ought to be with respect to the settlements in Dwelling Units the occupied areas? Financed by: Question: Yes, sir. Rumsfeld: Former Prime Minister Ehud] Barak made a Settlement State Private Total proposal that was as forthcoming as anyone in the world could ever imagine, and Arafat turned it down. Alei Sinai (Gaza) 4 — 4 If you have a country that’s a sliver and you can see three Alfe Menache 89 — 89 sides of it from a high hotel building, you’ve got to be careful Ariel 182 92 274 what you give away and to whom you give it. If you’re giving Asfar 9 — 9 it to an entity that has some track record, that has a degree of 39 — 39 accountability, that has the ability to enforce security that’s Beitar Ilit 1,038 121 1,159 promised in whatever arrangements are made, it seems to me Bet Arieyh 85 — 85 that’s one thing. If you’re making a deal and yielding territory to an entity that cannot or will not do that, and there is no Bet El 48 — 48 question but that the Palestinian Authority [has] been 4 — 4 involved with terrorist activities, so that makes it a difficult Efrata 20 — 20 interlocutor. 9 — 9 My feeling about the so-called occupied territories are that Geva Benjamin 328 — 328 there was a war, Israel urged neighboring countries not to get Givat Ze’ev 168 — 168 involved in it once it started, they all jumped in, and they lost E. (Hamat Shmuel) 1,038 — 1,038 a lot of real estate to Israel because Israel prevailed in that E. Jerusalem (Pisgat Ze’ev) 605 — 605 conflict. In the intervening period, they’ve made some settle- E. Jerusalem (Ramot) 90 — 90 ments in various parts of the so-called occupied area, which Karnei Shomron 32 — 32 was the result of a war, which they won. Kedumim 8 — 8 They have offered up, successive prime ministers have Kleya 10 — 10 offered up various portions of that so-called occupied territo- ry, the West Bank, and at no point has it been agreed upon by Kochav Hashachar 8 — 8 the other side. I suspect it will be, even in my lifetime, that Kochav Ya’acov 72 — 72 there will be some sort of an entity that will be established. Ma’ale Adumim 371 57 428 Maybe it will take some Palestinian expatriates coming back Ma’ale Shomron 9 — 9 into the region and providing the kind of responsible govern- Modi'in Ilit — 277 277 ment that would give confidence that you could make an Na’ale 67 — 67 arrangement with them that would stick. It may be that the Nisanit (Gaza) 4 — 4 neighboring countries, Egypt and Jordan and Saudi Arabia Nokdim 7 — 7 and others, will have to assist in providing a degree of Ofra 44 — 44 accountability. Otniel 9 — 9 But certainly everyone has to hope and pray that there will Psagot 10 — 10 be something that could be an effective interlocutor so that Rafiah Yam (Gaza) 10 — 10 they could make a deal. The settlement issues—it’s hard to know whether they’re Sa Nur 4 — 4 settlements in portions of the real estate that will end up with Vered Jericho 5 — 5 the entity that you make an arrangement with or Israel. So it Zurit 1 — 1 seems to me focusing on settlements at the present time miss- es the point. The real point is to get an effective interlocutor. Total 4,427 547 4,974 The real point is to get a condition so that you can have a peace agreement. And those are exactly the things that Source: Letter to MK Mossi Raz from the Prime Minister’s Office, President [George W.] Bush and Secretary [of State Colin] January 21, 2002,and the Statistical Abstract of Israel, 2000, table 30. Powell have been working on, and indeed, working particular- ly with Egypt and Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Department of Defense, news briefing, August 6, 2002

November-December 2002 Report on Israeli Settlement ❖ 7 Government Tenders Issued for Settlement Construction, 1998–June 2002 Location Settlement 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total

East Jerusalem Har Homa — 1,498 1,214 — — 2,712 Pisgat Ze’ev — — 415 131 48 594 Gaza Strip Nisanit 4———— 4 Rafiah Yam — 10———10 Golan Heights Ein Zivan — — 18——18 Katzrin — — 86——86 West Bank Alfe Menache 136 — — 212 — 348 Ariel320————320 Beitar Ilit — 1,089 — — 244 1,333 Efrat—2017—359396 Elkana — — 76 39 — 115 Giva Benjamin ————7676 Givat Ze’ev — 594———594 Har Adar — — 80 — 74 154 Karnei Shomron — 57———57 Kiryat Arba — 12———12 Kochav Ya’acov — — — 696 — 696 Ma’ale Adumim — 461 174 734 286 1,655 Ofarim 400————400 Rachelim — — 14——14 Talmon A — — 29——29 Annual Total 860 3,741 2,123 1,812 1,087 9,623

Source: Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories, January 1999-September 2002.

According to settler council leader Benzi Leiberman, the They returned early in order to watch the [soccer] game. population in ten northern West Bank settlements has declined Do you know why the saboteur didn’t manage to kill by 35 percent since the beginning of the al-Aqsa intifada in more children? Because of the match of Macabi Haifa. September 2000. The current population stands at around The kids wanted to return early to watch the game. If not 2,000. The decline reached 50 percent at one point, but recent for this, the saboteur would have met all of them in one months have witnessed a return of some settlers who original- group and the disaster would have been even greater. ly left. The population decline in Gaza has been almost as dra- My wife and I have decided to leave [the settlement]. matic. U.S. sources estimate that 20 percent of Gaza’s 7,000 True, I have a house with one-quarter of an acre and a settlers have left their homes during the intifada. tremendous view, but I prefer an apartment in . It “I heard about the shooting in , [when I was is less dangerous.” at work]. I was in such a shock that I couldn’t telephone Igor Gvilob, a resident of Hermesh settlement, my home for fear of what might have happened to my where three were killed by a Palestinian intruder family. My sons, aged 14 and 15, could have been dead. on October 29, Ha’aretz, October 31, 2002

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